Actually none of you should be eating meat, excep fish as they're really stupid and don't count. Also, you should only eat a purely paleo diet and cook absolutely nothing, otherwise you're contributing to not only the destruction of yourself, but ultimately the planet.
... Only joking, how fucking annoying are those people? Bout worse than people trying to force a diet down your neck.
I absolutely adore salad and I grow some + veg and herbs, including some quite 'exotic' stuff (I mean I'm not being green fingered, half of it perishes through sheer neglect or lack of planting in time, but I get enough to supplement my salads all year round), and make them absolutely delish because of it.
I just find it weird that there is some much in the way of often indigenous salad/veg/herbs available to us that seem rarely considered in the cultural pallet whatever you call it. It's like many of the older generations sort of forgot about vegetables, salads and herbs and the vast amount of ancient,
designed, British food that is available, usually having a sort of childish "urgh that's icky" kind of attitude.
My recommendations for a good salad:
Lots of mint leaves
Lots of apple mint leaves

Mustard leaves: very spicey, especially certain types. Dull salad leaves no more.
Dill: plant one and it grows year after year surviving the winter and growing meters into the year (just chop it back).
Chives: Plant some and you can just cut them to the bottom and they come back, zero maintenance. The purple flowers can be used in salad and have a nice flavour and give contrast.
Chilly is essential.
Pepper seeds can be sprinkled on salad for texture and nutrition. Most people throw them out.
Seeds: spray them in oil and let it soak in a bit to soften the crunch, but imo they are essential to texture.
Flaked/whole almonds: as above
Sorrel: grows back year after year, tastes like lemon spinach.
Yarrow: absolutely lush, goes very well with mint.
Chinese chives: taste garlicy
Welsh onions: more palatable than raw onion in a salad, they're just bunches of big green leaves. sort of like spring onions but grow indefinitely in big bunches.
Amaranth: looks like this, tastes lush:
It's also really easy to make falafel (I tend to make it very, very spicy) and it can be used as a meat substitute or mixed with meat.
Marinated meat: speaks for itself. Just oik, herbs, mustard, a bit of sauce, salt. You don't have to leave it over night or any of that shit.
I really really love salad. People who say it's crap have never had a decent one.